Foursquare’s a neat little service that many people have forgotten about. Sure, it’s got 10 million users, which is a LOT but how many are active? And compared to Facebook (approaching a billion) it’s not so much. However, small retailers who take the time to use Foursquare or Gowalla to encourage their retail customers to […]

Geolocation is similar to tracking or positioning that shows the location of a place or user on a map either by using the IP address of their computer or the RFID (radio-frequency identification) of a person’s smart phone. It works similarly to the GPS system used in your car that gives you your location for […]

This weekend, I’ve been at South by South West (SXSW) . The exhibits, as expected, showcased dozens of companies offering a variety of tools and services for location based mobile services, video, photo and more. Many of them were not specifically for the small business market. However, I believe that many of them can be […]